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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1953
Page
20
Ross Bigelow was elected president of the Lakewood Senior Chamber of Commerce Thursday night at Lakewood Country Club. Ted Sullivan was named interior vice president, Gene Nebeker exterior vice president, Chuck Turner state director, Stan Grear treasurer, and Earl Grisworth secretary. Directors named were George Wilson Howard Judkins Bill Seils and Dan Stoward.
Edison Hikes Pay of Help raises wages five percent for striking and working members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The boost is retroactive to January 1, joining a similar raise given to other employees last March. Union officials call it an unfair labor relations move and plan to file with the NLRB.
North American Aviation Downey plant reports successful flight of the Mays new T-28B advanced trainer. Officials say it is twice as fast as the T-28A, climbs at 2830 feet per minute versus 2080, and reaches 346 miles per hour compared with 283 for the older model. Test pilot Bob Hoover conducted Thursday’s test flight and production of the aircraft continues.
W. LaLonne of Pasadena sustained serious injuries when his truck collided with a heavy drilling bar on a dolly. The 54 foot long six foot diameter bar impaled the cab, knocked him unconscious, and sent the truck sliding almost a block to Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach. Police report notes the driver’s distraction led to the accident.
Pasadena Athletic Club hosts the Fifth annual Visual Training Forum this Sunday through Monday. About 73 optometrists and their assistants from San Diego to San Francisco are expected to attend.
San Pedro harbor-area labor leader Haskell Tidwell was ousted as acting secretary of San Pedro Clerks Local 995 AFL Retail Clerks Union amid a fund dispute. International president W A Housewright ordered a union trial. Tidwell denied charges and planned to appeal. A membership panel will investigate before the April 16 meeting. about 1500 members are in the local.
Joe Alden, 35, head of National Supply Co credit union, admitted embezzling 7628 dollars after a five hour lie detector test. He had claimed a $30,000 holdup while en route to the bank last week, but officers doubted his story and arrested him Thursday. Funds involved are federally insured.
An event at Town Park Shop on Carson St and Orange Ave will raise funds for the Eastside Christian Church Youth Center. The benefit runs Saturday from 8 to 10 am with Bil Harmon in charge of ticket sales.
A concert program lists performances by the Municipal Band including Debussy’s Savertur Orpheus in Enter yyere request and other pieces. Conducted by Eugene LaBare with participants from Civic JoMoseh UStothers of Democracy. The event features area musicians and a selection of classical and upbeat works.
L B Folk presided at a testimonial dinner for former Mayor Burton W. Chace with nearly 260 attendees at the Lafayette Hotel Supper Room. Speakers included Lyman B. Sulter and publisher Hermann Ridder. guests included Mrs Chace and daughters, county supervisor Jain Agsor Ford, Police Chief William Dovey, and council members. Chace, born in Anton, moved to Long Beach in 1923, served as school trustee, councilman in 1945, mayor since 1947, and resigned to accept appointment to fill a vacancy.
John Kennedy已 appointed acting director of Wardlow Perkin by Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation. Mrs. Kennedy comes with three and a half years in the department including two and a half years as play leader at Pan American Park. George Harski is assigned as play leader at Wardlow Park to lead a children’s class in Gog training set to begin soon.
Obituary notes a memorial service for Capt Charles L. Surran USN retired, 56, of 3813 E First St, to be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Bamber Funeral Home Cincinnati with interment in Newport Kentucky family plot.
Candlewood Mothers plan petitions to protest incorporating the northeast Lakewood Park area into Bellflower. Mrs. E L Easterla says the group will circulate petitions and opposes joining Bellflower while undecided on annexation versus incorporation. The proposed area runs Bellflower Blvd to the west, Candlewood St to the south, Woodruff Ave to the east, and South St to the north.
More than 23 women tore out a drainage dam at Bombardiey and Crewe Streets on Thursday to drain floodwater. They then blocked a bulldozer attempting to reform the dam, while contractors sought a piping plan beneath the Sarnia Ana Freeway to continue drainage.
A Long Beach burglar forced the door of the Daniel Monroe Grocery early today and stole about 20 cartons of cigarets valued at 32 dollars. All other items in the store and across the state remained untouched.
Two Long Beach residents were named to key roles in the Episcopal Church Advancement Fund Campaign for the Long Beach area and Orange County. George M. Holstein of Newport Beach is campaign chairman. Gaybert B. Little, Long Beach, is special gifts chairman. Mrs. Frank J. Beggs, Long Beach, heads the women’s committee. Rev. Paul M. Whoeler of Newport Beach is clerical chairman for the Long Beach convocation. Committee members include Herbert Fenn, E Ray Webb, and Rev. F. C. Benson Belliss.
The garbled report lists ambulance standbys and emergency equipment at multiple spots including municipal airport streets and local avenues. Names and exact addresses are unclear, but indicates coordinated response activity and fire service involvement during a period likely referencing an incident.
Mrs. W. R. Osgood on Lord Harvey Way has a bicycle left weekly by a young girl who took a bus to Bellflower for dancing lessons. The girl never returned with the bike two Saturdays ago, leaving the elder woman puzzled about the missing child and the bike.
Police report early morning vandalism across the east side and Signal Hill where about 100 stop signs were toppled or broken at bases. A car with front bumper marks is suspected, possibly from a coordinated act, with damage centered near Alamitos Avenue to Belmont Shore before daybreak.
A preliminary injunction extended the ban on AFL Electrical Workers picketing against Southern California Edison. Judge Swain kept restraints at 200 yards from lines and 20 feet from others, with private homes off limits. The strike began March 9 over a wage hike. Workers who stay earn a 3 percent raise retroactive to January 1.
Two attorneys moved Thursday to dismiss charges against five Long Beach men in a million dollar lottery case claiming they were held to answer without due cause. Superior Judge George Francis set April 22 for the hearing on the motion. Defendants are John Segla Je, 34, Marvin Vollum, 28, Bert Madison, 57, Joseph Ferris, and John Hildreth, 54, arrested after police found 40,000 in cash and lottery tickets.
Funeral services were held today in San Gabriel for Kenneth K. Weight 55 of Pasadena chief counsel for the Central Basin Municipal Water District. He died Wednesday at his home and was a leading authority on California water laws representing several water companies in addition to the Central Basin district.
Station KFOX will air the testimonial dinner honoring Burton W. Chace held Thursday night at the Lafayette Hotel. The rebroadcast is scheduled for 3 tonight.
In Long Beach Superior Court the trial of housing promoter Arthur W. Ellis was sidetracked as lawyers argued if redwood siding could be bought in Texas. Prosecutor Joyce cited 19,000 feet bought from Perkins Trust in San Antonio while defense contends no expert on redwood. Farthing, ex-president of Wilmington firm, testified he believed most redwood came from Northern California. The ledger entries and sourcing remained under question.
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